res:hift the radical is a discursive format which allows a rotation of moderators predominantly with a sound background to interact with and interview experts, laypersons, community members, artists, activists on a variety of topics which intersect with art/sound + (politics, care, love, queerness and more). Host: Tonica Hunter

Panelists:

BAHI SHEWAYE Bahiru is an Ethiopian film-maker in exile in the UK. When he lived in Ethiopia, Bahiru advocated for the end of discrimination against the LGBTIQ+ community. He focused on creating a community, arranging trusted doctors for LGBTIQ+ people to go to and fundraising for LGBTIQ+ people in crisis. In the UK, he has worked as a creative director for an ad agency. FARIS CUCHI GEZAHEGN Faris is a performance artist, PCCC standup comedian, and an intersectional LGBTQIA* advocate who uses different mediums such as style activism, video, and audio to bring social change and start a conversation change on the issues they face while navigating day-to-day life as a non-binary Ethiopian/African LGBTQIA* advocate/refugee in central Europe and back to their homeland Ethiopia. They have lived in Austria since 2017, having been granted asylum after their security in Ethiopia got compromised. Through their artistic practice, they were the recipient of a scholarship from art program from City of Vienna via Kültür Gemma program for the year 2019, performed in Wienwoche – a festival where art & activism meet in a performance titled “Goddess in Diaspora” and also participated in 10 days group exhibition under Kulturen in Bewegung cultural institute titled “Queering Ethiopian Coffee ceremony”, part of artistic research lab titled: Imagining otherwise in Tanzquartier Wien” curated by Tonica Hunter, and Transkulturalität_mdw – Symposium 2021 “Contesting Border Regimes – Sounds and Images” curated by Tonica Hunter